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Efficacy and safety of liposomal bupivacaine versus lidocaine injection as a part of intraarticular therapy in knee osteoarthritis: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial

Efficacy and safety of liposomal bupivacaine versus lidocaine injection as a part of intraarticular therapy in knee osteoarthritis: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500106243
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-07-21
Start date
2025-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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Conditions

Pain

Interventions

Test group:liposomal bupivacaine
Control group:lidocaine

Sponsors

Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
45 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age >= 45 years, regardless of gender. 2. Patients clinically diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral knee osteoarthritis meeting the ACR criteria. 3. Refractory symptoms in the target knee (defined as the side with the higher WOMAC pain score) after physical therapy and NSAIDs pharmacotherapy. 4. Candidates scheduled for intra-articular infusion therapy. 5. Voluntary provision of signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. History of local anesthetic toxicity reactions. 2. Prior history of knee surgery. 3. Patients with post-traumatic osteoarthritis. 4. Age > 65 years. 5. Concomitant severe hepatic or renal dysfunction. 6. Receipt of intra-articular therapies (IATs) within one month prior to enrollment. 7. Presence of any concomitant rheumatic diseases. 8. Diabetic vascular disease patients. 9. Declined participation in this clinical trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events of Special Interest within 1 Week Post-Intra-articular injection Therapy;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Dynamic changes in VAS score from baseline within 2 weeks post-intra-articular injection therapy;Change in WOMAC pain score from baseline at 1 week post-intra-articular injection therapy;Change in WOMAC pain score from baseline at 2 weeks post-intra-articular injection therapy;Incidence of treatment-emergent Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) within 2 weeks post-intra-articular injection therapy;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactHongyi Zhu

Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital

420308955@qq.com+86 21 6436 9181

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026